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Defending Individual Rights
standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
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mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders
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DOC Negligence Factored in Death at Rikers’ Bellevue Hospital Outpost, Jail Officials Say
Gothamist
"NYC DOC in fact has the highest staffing ratio of any jail system in the entire country, but that does nothing to help people in their care when they don't carry out the most basic functions of their job,” he said."NYC Council Hears Calls for Mental Health and Housing Reforms at Rikers
Brooklyn News Service
"Darren Mack, co-director of Freedom Agenda and a former Rikers inmate, testified that more than 1,500 people at Rikers have been diagnosed with serious mental illness, a figure he said has increased 83% since 2022."
This Startup Helps Food Carts Switch Loud, Dirty Generators for Batteries
Canary Media
"Batteries also tend to cost more upfront than generators, and vendors must be able to afford a system big enough to get them through the entire day. The nonprofit Street Vendor Project — a partner on the PopWheels effort in Queens — ran a pilot a couple of years ago in which it provided NYC vendors with batteries they were responsible for charging themselves."
